reach for the stars

US pronunciation

American soundreach for the stars

reachforthestars

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

reach - for - the - stars -> reach for the stars

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

reach /ri:tʃ/ v

၁။ (က) ရောက်သည်။ ဆိုက်သည်။ တိုင်သည်။ reach York by one o'clock ❍ reach the end of the book ❍ reach a speed of 500 mph ❍ The rescuers reached him just in time.
(ခ) ရောက်သည်။ ရသည်။ reach a conclusion/decision/verdict ❍ reach maturity ❍ You'll understand these things when you reach my age. ❍ The appeal fund has reached its target of £10000. See also FAR-REACHING
၂။ ~ for sth; ~ out (to sb/sth) လှမ်းယူ သည်။ လက်လှမ်းသည်။ လက်ကမ်းသည်။ He reached for a pencil. ❍ She reached across the table for the jam. ❍ (fig ) We must reach out to those in need.
၃။ ~ sth (down) for sb (infml ) ကမ်းပေးသည်။ Could you reach (me) that box (down) from the top of the wardrobe?
၄။ ~ (to) sth မီသည်။ လက်လှမ်းမီသည်။ ရောက်သည်။ Can you get me that book from the top shelf? I can't reach. ❍ My feet can hardly reach the pedals. ❍ She wore a dress that reached (down) to her ankles.
၅။ ဆက်သွယ်သည်။ ခေါ်သည်။ အသိပေးသည်။ You can reach her at home on 01355-694162. ❍ I can't reach him by phone/on the phone. ❍ We could reach more people by advertising.
n
၁။ [sing] လက်လှမ်း။ a boxer with a long reach.
၂။ [C usu pl ] မြစ်၏အပိုင်းအကန့်။ the upper/lower reaches of the Thames.
❏ beyond/out of/within (one's/sb's) reach [IDM ]
၁။ အလှမ်းဝေးသည်။ လက်လှမ်းမမီ (သို့) လက်လှမ်းမီသည်။ have/keep a dictionary within (arm's) reach ❍ The top shelf is well out of/beyond my reach. ❍ Keep those medicines out of reach of the children/out of the children's reach.
၂။ [ဥ] အလှမ်းဝေးသည်။ လိုက်မမီ (သို့) လက် လှမ်းမီသည်။ concepts beyond the reach of present scientific knowledge ❍ Such highly-paid jobs are out of reach for someone with no qualifications. ❍ House prices are beyond the reach of many young couples.
❏ reachable adj အလှမ်းမီသော။ reachable by road/within an hour.
❏ reach for the stars [IDM ] ရည်မှန်းချက်မြင့်မားသည်။ မြင့်မြင့်ကြံသည်။ မမီသည့်ပန်း တုံးခု၍လှမ်းသည်။
❏ within (easy) reach (of sb/sth) [IDM ] လက်လှမ်း တမီရှိသည်။ The hotel is within easy reach of the beach.

More examples

We hoped to reach the camp before dark.
When she reached the top of the stairs her heart was pounding.
News reached him that his wife and child were safe.
The money should reach your bank account within three working days.
You reach a point where medicine can’t help.
The children have reached the age when they want more privacy.
Temperatures here can reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
[reach to] : Her blond hair reaches to her waist.
[reach as far as] : They own land that reaches as far as the border.
[reach for] : He turned round and reached for the phone.
[reach into] : Travis reached into his pocket to get his car keys.
[reach across] : I reached across the table and took Alice’s hand.
She had to stand on a chair to reach the switch.
We keep the bottles up here so the children can’t reach them.
[reach (an) agreement] : An agreement was finally reached last night.
[reach a decision/conclusion/compromise] : Ministers must reach a decision before next month.
The advertisement reached an audience of over 19 million.
Our political message is still not reaching enough people.
I’ll leave you a number where I can be reached in an emergency.

Synonyms

arrive at, get to, attain, make, achieve, accomplish, ability, access, affect, ambit, amount to, approach, arrive, attain; rise, buck, capacity, carry to, catch, catch up to, check in, climb to, clock in, come, come at, come to, come up to, command, communicate, communicate with, compass, connect with, contact, continue to, distance, dive, drop, encompass, end, enter, equal, extend, extend to, extension, extent, fall, feel, feel for, fumble, gain, gain on, gamut, get, get a hold of, get a message to, get as far as, get hold of, get in, get in touch, get in touch with, get through, get through to, go, go as far as, go on, go to, grab, grasp, hand, hit, hit town, hold out, horizon, impact on, influence, join, jurisdiction, keep in contact, keep in touch, ken, land, latitude, lead, lunge, magnitude, maintain, make contact with, make it, make the scene, mastery, move, orbit, overtake, pass, pass along, play, power, purview, put out, rack up, radius, range, range; stretch, realize, ring in, roll in, roll on, scope, score, seize, shake hands, shoot, show, show up, sign in, sink, span, speak to, spread, stand, strain, stretch, strike, sway, sweep, swing, touch, turn up, win, wind up at

Antonyms

abandon, ascend, compress, concentrate, create, deny, depart, discourage, dissuade, fail, fall behind, forfeit, go, ignorance, impotence, inability, incapacity, incompetence, leave, let go, limitation, lose, miss, refuse, release, rise, stop, surrender, veto, weakness